These boots are made for jumpin!

Time to start shopping for footwear. I just started today, & had no luck at the bargain shoe stores. There's of course hardly any low heeled boots in June. Ali Baba, Extreme Hip Hop, and L.A. Star Shoes had a few pairs of ankle, or mid-calf & fringed boots for $24-$39. But I couldn't believe Payless, a pair of mid-calf boots like the beige ones below was still $75! (Man made materials) There was no price on a pair of ankle boots like the black ones pictured. Some stores still have winter stock, or high heeled boots. If I can't find any when I go on vaca to a few states in 2 weeks, looks like I'll be ordering online. Thanks to Tara for the link to Shiekh Shoes! They have a gazillion low heeled ankle, mid-calf & knee boots. I'm impressed that they have many different styles that would work well for mas.
I think there are many casual sneakers ("lifestyle") that would look great with costumes. Not athletic white old school ones, & please, not spray painted! With all the options, you can really match up your footwear to your costume without going overboard.
All the boots & shoes are from: http://www.shiekhshoes.com/store/ Many of the styles I've posted come in other colours.

(without the fur)

Lisa's boots

Silver would be perfect for a lot of costumes.


































































There are many costumes where gold boots would work best.






I just had to put these, called Rihanna, up - ooooh, if they didn't have all that fur, how cute would they be???

So did you get your footwear? Let us know where, & feel free to share a picture!

Native Voices

Bryant Sinanan photo

Bryant Sinanan's Krazy Train Carnival has brought out a new Saldenah section along with Portraits of Canada, called Native Voices. He's also added red beading to Portraits of Canada. Very nice, I really like the entire costume, esp the headpiece.
Trini-in-Toronto says cool, cowgyrls & indians. Fun!!
Check out more pics at:
http://www.krazytraincarnival.blogspot.com/

Connections - Colours in Motion band launch

Aura of Envy

Aura of Vanity

Aura of Romance

Aura of Pride

Aura of Healing

Aura of Freedom

Aura of Desire

Aura of Happiness

Aura of Challenge

Connections presented their Colours in Motion last night at Viva City, and we were treated to very solid, pretty costumes.
I really love Aura of Envy! The entire costume- waistband, bra & that unique headpiece are so well designed, with those standout green rhinestones. Talk about green with envy!
Aura of Desire and Aura of Pride also really stand out for me, very beautiful. I like the Aura of Happiness headpiece & bra, great colours. Aura of Vanity's side feathered backline headpiece is a nice twist!
Connections is now a A band, but costumes are a very reasonable $145 all inclusive. Great show Mervyn!

Connections band launch Saturday

Connections is launching their presentation Colours in Motion on Saturday. We gonna make that lime, so we will have some pictures for you to check out.

Here are the details:
Band Launch Hosted By: Jean Paul

Date: June 5, 2010
Time : Sat. 9.00pm - Sun. 2.00am
Venue : VIVA CITY - 3820 Victoria Park Avenue
North York ON M2H 3H7
(Victoria Pk & Gordon Baker)
Costumes will be shown at 12.00 midnight
Admission : $10.00
Mas Camp Opening on Sunday

Order of bands announced

This is the list of the bands in order of appearance, so anybody who was waiting, your wait is over, go and register quick, before your section sell out for real.......

1. Toronto Revellers
2. Mas Toronto
3. Saldenah Mas-K Club
4. Tribal Knights
5. Callaloo
6. Carnival Nationz
7. Connections
8. Black Sage
9. Mas Players Int'l
10. Fantazia Int'l
11. Pleasure Players
12. Guycan
13. Tru Dynasty Carnival
14. Genesis Carnival